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>> not great, but decent. >> it was like a chia pet election. you water it and it kept growing and growing. a lot of this has to do with the fact that the campaign knows how to do this campaign thing. they were able to expand and maximize what they had on the ground. you can't substitute. there is no substitute in this day and age for the target of the voters and reaches the audience and brings them out. nobody has done it better. not even in 2008. >> as we watch, thank you for joining us. president obama will take the oath of office in 12 days and preparations are under way in washington. the stage is being construct and we just learned that beyonce, kelly clark son and james taylor will perform. beyonce will belt out the national anthem and the capital in 2009. the first lady and the facebook friend, nathan paige said congrats to beyonce and the first family. like us on facebook and let us know what you are most excited to see on inauguration day and the presidential inauguration to video games, the president's new gun task force will meet wit
>> not great, but decent. >> it was like a chia pet election. you water it and it kept growing and growing. a lot of this has to do with the fact that the campaign knows how to do this campaign thing. they were able to expand and maximize what they had on the ground. you can't substitute. there is no substitute in this day and age for the target of the voters and reaches the audience and brings them out. nobody has done it better. not even in 2008. >> as we watch, thank you...
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obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much difference. i would be impolite to say the measures are placebos. as a doctor i did sustained placebos. it doesn't hurt anybody. just feel better. it's cheap and a sugar pill. we had a fairly restrictive assault weapons ban in the mid- '90s. it lasted ten years and it had almost zero effect on the violence. gun violence. and these measures will have zero effect on the massacres as we saw in aurora or tucson. people will have the feeling they have done something. but here is the reason why the ban failed in the mid-'90s. it wasn't the loopholes and the way to get around the law. the fact is there are 300 milli
obviously, virginia is a state that democrats passed election. and a pretty fair assessment. split. other question do you favor putting armed police officers in public schools? 66% favor. 29% oppose. actually when you broke it down it was 7 #% republicanssh -- 79% republicans and 58% democrats favored. nra supported position of putting armed guards in schoo schools. >> the country is split on many issues but in the end what mara is saying is correct. it's not going to make much...
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no one was elected to the baseball hall of fame. despite having some of the most accomplished players up for the honor. many of them have been implicated in the so-called steroids era. they all came well short of the 75% of the votes needed for enshrinement. there you go. >> take a live look outside right now. 4:45 on this thursday. and i would call it kind of warm for this time of day. >> very mild, very mild. temperatures here in town are about 50 degrees. so to say the least, that is mild since our average daytime high would be 43 for today. temperatures were a little warm yesterday and they will be spring-like around here this weekend. >> wacky weather. i know. we have to put the puffy jacket back in the closet. >> it is turning very cold out in the west where they will be unseasonably cold but the return is we get unseasonably warm around here. >> i see. >> too bad for them. >> we don't live there. >> we'll get our turn get out the shorts, wisdom. >> is it going to be 80? that is not shorts. >> definitely shorts for me. areas t
no one was elected to the baseball hall of fame. despite having some of the most accomplished players up for the honor. many of them have been implicated in the so-called steroids era. they all came well short of the 75% of the votes needed for enshrinement. there you go. >> take a live look outside right now. 4:45 on this thursday. and i would call it kind of warm for this time of day. >> very mild, very mild. temperatures here in town are about 50 degrees. so to say the least,...
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and we saw the biggest gender gap ever in a presidential election. what is important to me is if you look at republican rank and file voters, they desperately want the party to focus on economic issues, jobs, the things that are really on the minds of the american people, and not go after planned parenthood. >> planned parenthood has done some outreach. people don't view abortion as a black and white issue. many see shades of gray depending on the circumstances. why has the thinking on this issue evolved? >> well, i think really what we're seeing, and it's interesting, of course, because the 40th anniversary of roe is coming up, is that it's been very consistent in america, that the american people believe that abortion should be safe and should it be legal. they also support the preventative work that we do every day. we're the largest family planning provider in the country. and they want women to have access to health care and birth control that helps them prevent unintended pregnancy in the first place. >> but they present the case and in intervi
and we saw the biggest gender gap ever in a presidential election. what is important to me is if you look at republican rank and file voters, they desperately want the party to focus on economic issues, jobs, the things that are really on the minds of the american people, and not go after planned parenthood. >> planned parenthood has done some outreach. people don't view abortion as a black and white issue. many see shades of gray depending on the circumstances. why has the thinking on...
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there are elections, there's a supreme court, there's a congress, there's a white house. all of this was spelled out very clearly. the framers established a way that there would be peaceful transitions of power. they did not write into the constitution the idea you could overthrow through violence the very government that they were setting up through the constitution. >> karen? >> these right wingers -- >> any discussion -- >> these right wingers play fast and loose with the constitution all the time. so we should have to stand in line for eight hours to vote because, you know, heaven forbid we are granted our constitutional right to vote, but, no, no, i can't even have a background check when i get my gun. the hypocrisy obviously is part of what is glaring in the face. >> and lynn, final word to you. >> and also when you talk the second amendment no, amendment is absolute. we cannot walk around the streets with a shoulder mounted rocket launcher, okay? there are just limits that our society places -- >> are you trying to take our rocket propelled grenade launchers? >> do
there are elections, there's a supreme court, there's a congress, there's a white house. all of this was spelled out very clearly. the framers established a way that there would be peaceful transitions of power. they did not write into the constitution the idea you could overthrow through violence the very government that they were setting up through the constitution. >> karen? >> these right wingers -- >> any discussion -- >> these right wingers play fast and loose with...
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as mark indicated, they elect a republican house, and that is why everything is in a stalemate. >> look at the new congress and house speaker john boehner's problem. >> for those of you who are returning to have what these aisles before, maybe it is time we get a little awestruck. put simply, we're center not to be something but to do something. >> not to be something but to do something. that's a great idea. were they listening? house speaker john boehner reelected with 220 votes out of 426. pelosi got 192. he has been taking a wicked beating from republicans. we showed chris christie yelling at him that was because of the vote on reliefer hurricane sandy. he is taking a beating. >> because he's trying to do something. he tried to do something in december with his plan b and his party walked on him. he then abdicated his responsibility and lifted up to the senate to act. the senate gave him a proposal and it turned out of his caucus would not support him on doing something about that either. that he has just tried. as part -- his party will not let him. >> he is a deal maker. >> paul k
as mark indicated, they elect a republican house, and that is why everything is in a stalemate. >> look at the new congress and house speaker john boehner's problem. >> for those of you who are returning to have what these aisles before, maybe it is time we get a little awestruck. put simply, we're center not to be something but to do something. >> not to be something but to do something. that's a great idea. were they listening? house speaker john boehner reelected with 220...
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for them to have nobody into the hall of fame, for them to not elect arguably the greatest hitter, pager, and catcher, it really does look farcical at this point. >> roger clemens is the only seven-time cy young award winner. he will not be inducted this year. neither will sammy sosa. he hits 609 home runs, but was named to the list of alleged drug users in 2003. the only person to come close was a former houston player. he was short of a 75% quota needed. others only got about half of the necessary votes. >> this is a hall of fame that is filled with people who have history, whether the history is with drugs, abuse, or connected to actually open racism and trying to keep people of color out of major league baseball. all of those folks are part of the major league baseball hall of fame. to see the same baseball writers who turned a blind eye in the 1990's when the steroid era was going on, this just feels like the worst kind of sanctimonious nonsense. >> the july ceremony in cooperstown
for them to have nobody into the hall of fame, for them to not elect arguably the greatest hitter, pager, and catcher, it really does look farcical at this point. >> roger clemens is the only seven-time cy young award winner. he will not be inducted this year. neither will sammy sosa. he hits 609 home runs, but was named to the list of alleged drug users in 2003. the only person to come close was a former houston player. he was short of a 75% quota needed. others only got about half of...
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he promised before the election board that after the election you start to do something. he has this whole public-relations -- relation operation financed to a mere blumberg of new york that was ready to swing into action. what newtown gave him was an excuse to do what they wanted to do for some time, which is to launch a full breath attack on the second amendment, and that is what they're doing door regardless of what the president claims. you know, lou, we had a representative at the meeting with vice-president biden. before those meetings everyone was sure that we, the administration, enter these with an open mind. we got to the meeting, and one of the first things the vice-president said ws he in the president had very strong feelings about firearms that are going to proceed regardless of what anyone else thought. they stated their view. we knew what it would be. the problem was that these meetings or asking the wrong question. they were saying, what can we do about guns when they should have been saying to what can we do to protect our children. that is a very differ
he promised before the election board that after the election you start to do something. he has this whole public-relations -- relation operation financed to a mere blumberg of new york that was ready to swing into action. what newtown gave him was an excuse to do what they wanted to do for some time, which is to launch a full breath attack on the second amendment, and that is what they're doing door regardless of what the president claims. you know, lou, we had a representative at the meeting...
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but i mean, we've had i think a trend toward electing people who are more extreme in their positions on this and i dent think they represent necessarily the average parent who i think would prefer an environment where their child wasn't exposed to that kind of risk. >> vice president biden of course is working really hard at this and is meeting with a lot of groups. and speaking of federal law, would you be more comfortable if this was a federal law that would make it so that public schools could not have teachers who were armed or do you believe that should be up to the local districts? >> i think this needs to be a national consensus. i think we need a federal law on that. i don't -- i don't believe that -- if you create anomalous environments where those things are available, you have too much bleed thru, i think we need to have consistency across this. parents should feel comfortable regardless of where they live. >> rhonda, has there been any student reaction to this? what is their takeaway knowing the teachers in their schools may be secretly armed? >> well, i mean, you used th
but i mean, we've had i think a trend toward electing people who are more extreme in their positions on this and i dent think they represent necessarily the average parent who i think would prefer an environment where their child wasn't exposed to that kind of risk. >> vice president biden of course is working really hard at this and is meeting with a lot of groups. and speaking of federal law, would you be more comfortable if this was a federal law that would make it so that public...
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we also discussed the issue of election in afghanistan and the importance of election for the afghan people and with the hope that we'll be conducting a free and fair connection in afghanistan where our friends in the international community and the united states will be assisting in conducting those elections, of course, where afghanistan will have the right environment for conducting elections without interference and without undue concern for the afghan people. we also discussed in a bit of detail and in the environment that we have all aspects of the financial security between afghanistan and the united states and i informed the president that the afghan people already in the lawyer jargon called for strategic partnership agreement between us and the united states have given their approval to this relationship and one that's good for afghanistan. so in that context, our national security agreement is one that the afghan people approved and so we will conduct it in detail where both interests of the united states and the interests of afghanistan will be kept in mind. we had a numb
we also discussed the issue of election in afghanistan and the importance of election for the afghan people and with the hope that we'll be conducting a free and fair connection in afghanistan where our friends in the international community and the united states will be assisting in conducting those elections, of course, where afghanistan will have the right environment for conducting elections without interference and without undue concern for the afghan people. we also discussed in a bit of...
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steven o bryan told me five elective surgeries had to be cancel ed and they had to divert emergencies to other hospitals. >> patients were continued to be cared for in a safe manner during this period of time. weare actively cleaning areas that had con tame nated water. contaminated water. . >> this afternoon we watched workers who were clearing out the line that was blocked yesterday. the hospital told me the problem was roots from nearby trees that snaked their way into the pipe. also ilearned today the california department of public health has informs gaited this spill already. we were told no regulatory violations were found. aside from the basement, this facility is running as usual today. . >> emergency officials in san francisco today ordered several building evacuated because of a gas leak. it started about 12:20 this afternoon. a firedepartment spokesperson told us a construction crew punctured a gas line. a pg&e spokesperson says the workers should have been using shovels. they expectfull service restored this afternoon. >> for only the second time in 40 years, the baseball
steven o bryan told me five elective surgeries had to be cancel ed and they had to divert emergencies to other hospitals. >> patients were continued to be cared for in a safe manner during this period of time. weare actively cleaning areas that had con tame nated water. contaminated water. . >> this afternoon we watched workers who were clearing out the line that was blocked yesterday. the hospital told me the problem was roots from nearby trees that snaked their way into the pipe....
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campaign contributions, the nra is far from the biggest spender, paying about $19 million in the last election. it did not get much for its money. the nra has less than 1% success rate getting its people in or out of congress. the power comes from the membership, which the group says has grown by 100,000 people in just the last few weeks. people like chris schneider. >> this is a semiautomatic rifle, which has been portrayed in the media as evil, which it is not. i use it to hunt coyote and small game. >> congress will likely hear from people like him. those on the other side of the issue have far less to spend. >> gun control groups i would say used to be more of a force to be reckoned with. good they have been neutered on some level over the last 10 or 20 years. but joe biden says he will make his recommendations to the president on tuesday. we expect president obama will make his case to the american public not long after that. >> the un security council is holding emergency talks on the crisis in mali. 30 soldiers have been killed after a bottle with rebels in the north of the country. fig
campaign contributions, the nra is far from the biggest spender, paying about $19 million in the last election. it did not get much for its money. the nra has less than 1% success rate getting its people in or out of congress. the power comes from the membership, which the group says has grown by 100,000 people in just the last few weeks. people like chris schneider. >> this is a semiautomatic rifle, which has been portrayed in the media as evil, which it is not. i use it to hunt coyote...
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we had the election. the elections have consequences. that's not a joke. in this case, these consequences are extremely important to the debt future of the country. should. lead more -- should the president lead more? bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the bipartisan policy center is. guest: >> we are in washington, d.c. and we are bipartisan and not nonpartisan. we have democrats and republicans, former senators, former congressman, but mostly a lot of very senior staff who used to work for the white house and the senate and house. it was started by four former majority leaders of the u.s. senate, tom-0, howard baker, bob dole, and george mitchell. it is devoted to doing very intensive work and analytical work, then making recommendations on problems that are relevant right now legislatively. so we don't think about 45 years
we had the election. the elections have consequences. that's not a joke. in this case, these consequences are extremely important to the debt future of the country. should. lead more -- should the president lead more? bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the...
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it's also, look, we came out of an election year and people, politics are on their mind. people talking about it all the time and social media, on the web, on television. so, i think it's the vibe is there. you know? the academy always loved politics. look at "the hurt locker." "king's speech." it's not a foreign thing to them and real-life stories, it is great because you can't write this stuff if you're going to write a movie about it. >> a wild card since the golden globes are this weekend. looking at the oscar list and the favorites for the golden globes, what is your take there? >> you know what? i think, you know, the golden globes are going to be a really good precursor for the oscars. i think the golden globes to see hugh jackman, ann hath away winning and anne in the oscar and win an oscar and hugh jackman and daniel day-lewis, comes down to just a few votes. >> and real quick, back to the oscars, best picture nominations, "beast of the southern wild" is my favorite this year. "life of pi." and which is best picture do you think for the oscars? >> i think it's "l
it's also, look, we came out of an election year and people, politics are on their mind. people talking about it all the time and social media, on the web, on television. so, i think it's the vibe is there. you know? the academy always loved politics. look at "the hurt locker." "king's speech." it's not a foreign thing to them and real-life stories, it is great because you can't write this stuff if you're going to write a movie about it. >> a wild card since the golden...
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in the 2012 election the exit polls, an overwhelming 59% said they support keeping all or most abortions legal. only 31% does not. gloria, what are we seeing here? >> i think what you're seeing in the country is something bill clinton said a while ago. which is that people in this country want to keep abortion safe, legal and rare. you have a lot of technology now which allows you to see the fetus very, very -- at a very, very early stage. and i think in that sort of changed a lot of people's attitudes toward abortion. while they want to keep it legal, they want to keep it rare. andrea: joy, flches a reaction in the exit -- there was a reaction in the exit polls and more support for the right to abortion. almost all circumstances according to that polling. is that a reaction to todd akin and richard mower dork and those ill-fated senate -- mourdock and those ill-fated senate races? >> there are men who want to eliminate the right to abortion or suffocate it where it's so difficult to obtain an abortion that it's effectively extinguished as a right. so and i think you are seeing an extrem
in the 2012 election the exit polls, an overwhelming 59% said they support keeping all or most abortions legal. only 31% does not. gloria, what are we seeing here? >> i think what you're seeing in the country is something bill clinton said a while ago. which is that people in this country want to keep abortion safe, legal and rare. you have a lot of technology now which allows you to see the fetus very, very -- at a very, very early stage. and i think in that sort of changed a lot of...
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there is a chance no one will be elected this year so we'll have to see. >>> well, an olympic star who will compete for cal next season returned to competitive swimming for the first time since winning a number of gold medals in london. by the way, this was her high school team. >> i'm so nervous. i have no idea -- i was literally like intensely shaking in the locker room and all my teammates are like, what's wrong with you? >> no kidding. you're world class in high school! that's missy franklin. she won both her races in colorado yesterday. the 17-year-old snagged four gold medals in the 2012 olympics and she will be a golden bear in the fall. colorado gal. >> can you imagine at that meet, her opponents? >> they are like, are you kidding me? why are you nervous? >> no kidding. >> a star. >>> the stanford women, they haven't lost a pac-12 game since 2009 when cal beat them. >> yeah. 80 games later the 12-0 bears seem primed to do it again. they are good this year and lindsey gottlieb's cal team off to the best start in the program's history. clarendon's shot ised goo. the is good. they
there is a chance no one will be elected this year so we'll have to see. >>> well, an olympic star who will compete for cal next season returned to competitive swimming for the first time since winning a number of gold medals in london. by the way, this was her high school team. >> i'm so nervous. i have no idea -- i was literally like intensely shaking in the locker room and all my teammates are like, what's wrong with you? >> no kidding. you're world class in high school!...
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that is why elections matter. presidential elections determine the future of the supreme court. >> you see i would ask this one question, bill clinton raised it today. he said i grew up in this hunting culture, but this is nuts. why does anyone need a 30-round clip for a gun, and i say why would you need one anyway? and if you start from that premise, why does any civilian need them? the answer is, they don't. >> i grew up not far from where bill clinton did, i grew up owning guns and hunting. and i have absolutely no tolerance for the idea that the military-style weapons should be loose in a civilian population. >> gentlemen, going to leave it there. but thank you very much indeed. when we come back, she says that america may be at a tipping point on gun control, arianna huffington, on what it would take to stop the killing. alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. feels great. [ male announcer ] simple. effective. take that, 50 pound thingy. let's fight fat with alli. learn more, lose
that is why elections matter. presidential elections determine the future of the supreme court. >> you see i would ask this one question, bill clinton raised it today. he said i grew up in this hunting culture, but this is nuts. why does anyone need a 30-round clip for a gun, and i say why would you need one anyway? and if you start from that premise, why does any civilian need them? the answer is, they don't. >> i grew up not far from where bill clinton did, i grew up owning guns...
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very powerful movie and it's interesting to me that sony felt they had to delay it until after the election, because i found its message to be rather critical of many aspects of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy. >> as "the washington post," a little disenginous saying it's on the-- >> they were getting access to the top secret information. >> it's clearly not a documentary, it's extraordinary bit of film making, but this kind of mixture of fact and fiction, we've seen this. oliver stone has been doing it for decades and other film makers, take a real situation and fold in fiction and make up characters and composite characters. it's always sort of dangerous when you're talking about real historical events and particularly dangerous when you're depicting an event critical to a war they're still engaged in. are we still engaged in these tactics, the obama administration says no. and you're signaling to the enemy what we have been willing to do in the past and i think that's a dangerous thing. >> judicial watch sued to get access, freedom of information act, access to the dea
very powerful movie and it's interesting to me that sony felt they had to delay it until after the election, because i found its message to be rather critical of many aspects of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy. >> as "the washington post," a little disenginous saying it's on the-- >> they were getting access to the top secret information. >> it's clearly not a documentary, it's extraordinary bit of film making, but this kind of mixture of fact and...
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he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank you, governor. >> are we all set? i am from the "mercury news," and we're here because we live in a global cloueconomy. it has altered local economies because so many manufacturing and technology jobs are moving, whether it is a matter of costs for going where the trained work force is. we're fortunate to have to governors here to talk about how that change affects their jobs and what they're doing to jump- start their economies which compete with one another. this could be fun. let me start with our guest. governor hickenlooper. i knew that was going to happen. most of us here are pretty much aware of california's budget crisis. can you give us a quick briefing on where colorado is and what you are trying to do to turn things around? >> our budget is just as dressed as almost every state in the country. we have been working trying to control costs, get our p
he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank you, governor. >> are we all set? i am from the "mercury news," and we're here because we live in a global cloueconomy. it has altered local economies because so many manufacturing and technology jobs are moving, whether it is a matter of costs for going where the trained...
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proper, well-organized, interference-free election in which the afghan people can elect their next president. and certainly, i would be a retired president and very happily retired president. >> last question. >> from afghanistan. my question is to you, mr. president. afghan women fears that they would be the real victim of reconciliation process in afghanistan. what assurances you can give them that they will not suffer because of that process. thank you. >> well, the united states has been very clear that any peace process, any reconciliation process must be afghan led. it is not for the united states to determine what the terms of this peace will be. but what we have also been very clear about is that from our perspective, it is not possible to reconcile without the taliban renouncing terrorism, without them recognizing the afghan constitution and recognizing that if there are changes that they want to make to how the afghan government operates, then there is an orderly constitutional process to do that and that you can't resort to violence. the afghan constitution protects the rights of
proper, well-organized, interference-free election in which the afghan people can elect their next president. and certainly, i would be a retired president and very happily retired president. >> last question. >> from afghanistan. my question is to you, mr. president. afghan women fears that they would be the real victim of reconciliation process in afghanistan. what assurances you can give them that they will not suffer because of that process. thank you. >> well, the united...
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that's a true test of a democracy is whether there's not merely an election, and russia has elections, i serve there, but whether there's an election, another candidate wins, and power is handed over to that candidate. iraq is in the at that milestone yet. what we had in december 2011 was a relatively stable iraq, a lot of hopes, but, i think, unfortunately, the situation in iraq has deteriorated politically over the past year, and, also, iraq has been less aligned with american interests and more aligned with actually iranian interests in as far as the serian conflict is concerned. >> host: phone lines open now so feel free. democrats 202-585-3880, and independents, 202-585-3882. let us know if you received in iraq as well, and your thoughts on what's happening now. phone lines open. i want to go back to the political situation in iraq. talk about prime minister nuri al maliki and what his role is today in iraq before the segment started. you said he's not saddam hussein. >> right, he's not saddam hussein in the fact that saddam was an extremely brutal dictator who killed tens of tho
that's a true test of a democracy is whether there's not merely an election, and russia has elections, i serve there, but whether there's an election, another candidate wins, and power is handed over to that candidate. iraq is in the at that milestone yet. what we had in december 2011 was a relatively stable iraq, a lot of hopes, but, i think, unfortunately, the situation in iraq has deteriorated politically over the past year, and, also, iraq has been less aligned with american interests and...
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if the fiscal cliff negotiations proved anything, it's that like high schoolers, our elected leaders are worried more about popularity than actually accomplishing something. we ask only are they conservative enough? are they liberal enough? well, that's the way teenagers evaluate one another? is it she praut enough? is he cool enough? who cares if she's failing math or he's dealing drugs after school? voters need only be reminded that kids today will be running the country tomorrow. let's teach them all a valuable lesson by finally hold our representatives to higher standards. because the message to kids and congress is the same, you aren't special just for existing. that does it for "the cycle." martin, krystal has a message. >> very quickly want to wish my mother and sister heidi a happy birthday. >> that's lovely. many, many warmest congratulations to them. thank you for sharing that. and good afternoon. it's tuesday, january the 8th, and we are two years removed from the tragedy in tucson. two years and 11 more mass shootings in america. >> breaking news from gabrielle giffords.
if the fiscal cliff negotiations proved anything, it's that like high schoolers, our elected leaders are worried more about popularity than actually accomplishing something. we ask only are they conservative enough? are they liberal enough? well, that's the way teenagers evaluate one another? is it she praut enough? is he cool enough? who cares if she's failing math or he's dealing drugs after school? voters need only be reminded that kids today will be running the country tomorrow. let's teach...
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i think that is a true test of democracy is whether there isn't an election and russia has elections as i served there there's another candidate wins and power is handed over to that candidate. iraq hasn't set that milestone yet. so, what we had in december of 2011 was a relatively stable iraq, a lot of hopes, but i think unfortunately the situation in iraq was deteriorated politically over the last year and also iraq has been less aligned with american interests in that more aligned with the irony interest in so far as the search conflict is concerned. >> host: we are taking your calls and questions in this segment, so feel free. the phone lines are open now. republicans, 202-737-0002, democrats, 585-8882. if you served in iraq we want to have your thoughts on what's happening now. phone lines are open. we want to go back to the political situation in iraq talk about finding mr. nouri al-malahim and what his role is in iraq before this started you said that he's not saddam hussein. >> guest: right. he is not saddam hussein in the sense that he was an extremely brutal dictator who ki
i think that is a true test of democracy is whether there isn't an election and russia has elections as i served there there's another candidate wins and power is handed over to that candidate. iraq hasn't set that milestone yet. so, what we had in december of 2011 was a relatively stable iraq, a lot of hopes, but i think unfortunately the situation in iraq was deteriorated politically over the last year and also iraq has been less aligned with american interests in that more aligned with the...
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so i think the idea of free and fair elections, it is not simply, as you know, about election day. it is the entire leadup to the process. it is going to be uneven throughout the country. the idea that afghanistan is going to be somehow a normal country or anything proximating or approaching anything of a model is just wildly unrealistic given the divisions within the country, the history of an extraordinarily weak central government, the fact that pakistan continues to provide sanctuary to the taliban and others who are trying to influence or undermine the future of this country, so we have got to assume this is not going to be a textbook case of successful nation building. it is going to go back in many ways to the way it was and no election therefore is going to be something that thomas jefferson would wrap his arms around. this is afghanistan. we have got to -- we have got to be very careful about not getting overly ambitious. >> richard, if someone would have said to you, back in 2001, when the u.s. went into afghanistan to destroy the taliban and defeat al qaeda that so many
so i think the idea of free and fair elections, it is not simply, as you know, about election day. it is the entire leadup to the process. it is going to be uneven throughout the country. the idea that afghanistan is going to be somehow a normal country or anything proximating or approaching anything of a model is just wildly unrealistic given the divisions within the country, the history of an extraordinarily weak central government, the fact that pakistan continues to provide sanctuary to the...
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. >> elect smart people that should be able to work out the issues. they neglected to do it. >> also we'll meet the man who says i'm off the rails when it comes to gun control. >>> gun violence taking on america. attorney mark robbins. you might be surprised to hear what he says. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. vice president joe biden says his gun task force will have a set of recommendations on the president's desk by tuesday. but that doesn't mean there's a consensus yet. listen to this from the nra after today's white house meeting "we were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. we will not allow law abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen." that's where the nra stands. now we'll remind you exactly where i stand on guns. i'm in favor of a nation-wide ban on military style semiautomatic assault weapons and high capacity magazines. i want to close the gun show loopholes and require privat
. >> elect smart people that should be able to work out the issues. they neglected to do it. >> also we'll meet the man who says i'm off the rails when it comes to gun control. >>> gun violence taking on america. attorney mark robbins. you might be surprised to hear what he says. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. vice president joe biden says his gun task force will have a set of recommendations on the president's desk by tuesday. but that...
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>> as we saw in recent elections democrats have a pretty good track record in general elections against some of these fringe candidates. chris: well said. >> chuck hagel. big discussions. unlike with susan rice where she hung fire for weeks and was dropped, or she dropped herself, this time he stuck with hagel after all the heat against him on -- some from the gays and the left and the neo-cons and where is he heading? put a guy out there in your face as howard said? >> he thinks that he can win. first of all it wouldn't look good if he backed down after what happened to susan rice and i think he thinks he can win this. and there are certain things about chuck hagel's resume that set with what he wants to do with defense. cutting defense spending, that sort of thing. it makes sense so he's going to stick with his pick. chris: is hagel, barack obama with a war record, is he really the guy that -- that obama has been hiding, more liberal on foreign policy? >> i believe that's right and he wouldn't have picked him in the second term unless he thought they were in sync on the larger philoso
>> as we saw in recent elections democrats have a pretty good track record in general elections against some of these fringe candidates. chris: well said. >> chuck hagel. big discussions. unlike with susan rice where she hung fire for weeks and was dropped, or she dropped herself, this time he stuck with hagel after all the heat against him on -- some from the gays and the left and the neo-cons and where is he heading? put a guy out there in your face as howard said? >> he...
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average american wants when it comes to comprehensive common sense gun laws and the disconnect with the elected officials who aren't doing that right now. that's really how we're moving forward with this thing. >> cenk: so were specific proposals discussed and if so, what were they? >> there were a punch of specific proposals not just legislative proposal but executive decisions that can be made, as well as trying to change the culture and behavior of gun violence in america. he likened it to automobile accidents and drinking and driving over decades of regulatory policies and changing the culture of drinking and driving and wearing seat belts we have reduced accidents and deaths. he wants to bring that understanding and approach to the gun advo advocacy. background checks and limiting magazines, we've heard that, so to have that to go with it is great. >> you'll occupy that seat tomorrow i presume are going to be people from the rifle association and differing opinions to gun control than you. how do you feel about the fact that they're going to be hearing from them as well and maybe even gett
average american wants when it comes to comprehensive common sense gun laws and the disconnect with the elected officials who aren't doing that right now. that's really how we're moving forward with this thing. >> cenk: so were specific proposals discussed and if so, what were they? >> there were a punch of specific proposals not just legislative proposal but executive decisions that can be made, as well as trying to change the culture and behavior of gun violence in america. he...
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oh, that's right, there was an election under way, wasn't there. for some reason you don't hear complaints about the white house response to sandy. we are still looking into why that might be. strange, don't you think? the imperious president obama appears ready to take on the second amendment. the "a-team" is here. the president's home town has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet its murder capital of america, and his home state corruption appears not only common but perhaps an asset. details ahead. the left waging war on its political opponents. class warfare name calling. does the culture of fear and intimidation silence america? the author of the new book this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur ♪ lou: my next guest says the left has become the greatest purveyor of bullying and
oh, that's right, there was an election under way, wasn't there. for some reason you don't hear complaints about the white house response to sandy. we are still looking into why that might be. strange, don't you think? the imperious president obama appears ready to take on the second amendment. the "a-team" is here. the president's home town has the toughest gun laws in the country, yet its murder capital of america, and his home state corruption appears not only common but perhaps an...
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. >>> from elected office to driving around, yes, in his own personal tank. why this vehicle is truly something special to former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. more details coming up in "the skinny." look at that. >> arnold is many things, dull is not one of them. huh? >>> first, president obama is back from vacation, but also facing a major battle on capitol hill. >> that's right, top lawmakers on both sides of the aisles are already attacking the president's choice to head the pentagon. abc's david kerley reports from the white house. >> reporter: as the president returned from hawaii, senior officials tell abc news he will nominate former republican senator chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense. >> chuck hagel is out of the mainstream thinking i believe on most issues regarding foreign policy. >> reporter: republicans raised red flags continuing a campaign against hagel. >> chuck hagel is not a responsible option. >> reporter: democrats too have been cold to hagel, a social conservative. republicans complain about his stand on afghanist
. >>> from elected office to driving around, yes, in his own personal tank. why this vehicle is truly something special to former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. more details coming up in "the skinny." look at that. >> arnold is many things, dull is not one of them. huh? >>> first, president obama is back from vacation, but also facing a major battle on capitol hill. >> that's right, top lawmakers on both sides of the aisles are already...
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take, for example, from the '08 presidential election. the nra in that election endorsed john mccain for president, saying he had steadfastly voted against every gun and ammunition ban in congress. that was the nra endorsement of mccain for president in '08. at the same time the gun owners of america, which is a competing organization, they compete with the nra. they were denouncing john mccain as a liberal gun grabber. not only did they not endorse mccain in his 2008 election, they gave him an f rating on their a to f scale as a politician. this competing group with the nra touts an endorsement on their web page from ron paul. ron paul calling them the only no compromise gun lobby in washington. because you know those nra guys, they're the appeasers. and to prove it the gun owners of america points to moments like after the virginia tech shooting when the nra agreed to go along with an effort by the brady campaign to try to tighten up the part of federal background checks to keep people with diagnosed mental ill nets from getting their h
take, for example, from the '08 presidential election. the nra in that election endorsed john mccain for president, saying he had steadfastly voted against every gun and ammunition ban in congress. that was the nra endorsement of mccain for president in '08. at the same time the gun owners of america, which is a competing organization, they compete with the nra. they were denouncing john mccain as a liberal gun grabber. not only did they not endorse mccain in his 2008 election, they gave him an...